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Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with a complete cycle of his operas

In 2009, Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel with a complete cycle of his operas, all broadcast in the order they were first performed

Handel Opera Cycle: Tamerlano

Handel Opera Cycle: Tamerlano: Tamerlano: Act 3

24/04/2009

Tamerlano: Act 3

Tamerlano

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Tamerlano, Tamerlano: Act 3

Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Tamerlano.

Penny Gore presents Handel: Tamerlano (Act 3). With Monica Bacelli (contralto) and Tom Randle (tenor). Part of 2009's complete cycle of Handel operas on Radio 3.

Handel: Tamerlano (Act 3)

Tamerlano ...... Monica Bacelli (contralto)
Bajazet ...... Tom Randle (tenor)
Asteria ...... Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano)
Andronico ...... Graham Pushee (countertenor)
Irene ...... Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Leone ...... Antonio Abete (bass)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director).

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

The tale of Bajazet and Asteria, a proud Ottoman Sultan and his beautiful daughter

Penny Gore presents the tragic tale of Bajazet and Asteria, a proud Ottoman Sultan and his beautiful daughter, captured by the vicious Tartar Emperor Tamerlano

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